Popham, W. James

Classroom assessment : what teachers need to know / W. James Popham - 7th ed. - Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education, c2014 - xix, 524 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Ch. 1. Why Do Teachers Need to Know about Assessment -- Ch. 2. Deciding What to Assess and How to Assess It -- Ch. 3. Reliability of Assessment -- Ch. 4. Validity -- Ch. 5. Absence-of-Bias -- Ch. 6. Selected-Response Tests -- Ch. 7. Constructed-Response Tests -- Ch. 8. Performance Assessment -- Ch. 9. Portfolio Assessment -- Ch. 10. Affective Assessment -- Ch. 11. Improving Teacher-Developed Assessments -- Ch. 12. Formative Assessment -- Ch. 13. Making Sense Out of Standardized Test Scores -- Ch. 14. Appropriate and Inappropriate Test-Preparation Practices -- Ch. 15. Evaluating of Instruction -- Ch. 16. Assessment-Based Grading -- Extended applications -- Glossary -- Index

9780132868600 (pbk.)


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Examinations--Design and construction
Examinations--Validity